diff --git a/Docker_Essentials/docker_container_stop.sh b/Docker_Essentials/docker_container_stop.sh
index 9c8a3e9..a7ed69b 100755
--- a/Docker_Essentials/docker_container_stop.sh
+++ b/Docker_Essentials/docker_container_stop.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ DOCKER_TIMEOUT=30
 DOCKER_STOP_TIMEOUT=30    # grace period for SIGTERM before docker sends SIGKILL internally
 _RETRY_COUNT="${RETRY_COUNT:-3}"
 
+log "$ICON_GEAR Config: retries=$_RETRY_COUNT sleep=${SLEEP:-5}s grace=${DOCKER_STOP_TIMEOUT}s cmd-timeout=${DOCKER_TIMEOUT}s"
+
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Status ━━━
 # ==============================================================================================
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ if [[ ${#RUNNING[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "$ICON_CONTAINERS Containers: ${#RUNNING[@]} running"
+log "$ICON_CONTAINERS Queue: ${RUNNING[*]}"
 echo ""
 
 START=$(date +%s)
@@ -183,7 +186,11 @@ FAILED=()
 
 for container in "${RUNNING[@]}"; do
     [[ -z "$container" ]] && continue
-    log "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS $container ━━━"
+    local c_start
+    c_start=$(date +%s)
+    local c_image
+    c_image=$(docker inspect --format '{{.Config.Image}}' "$container" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+    log "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS $container ($c_image) ━━━"
 
     if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
         warn "DRY RUN — would stop $container"
@@ -204,7 +211,7 @@ for container in "${RUNNING[@]}"; do
             -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$container" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
 
         if [[ "$STATE" != "true" ]]; then
-            log "$ICON_DONE $container stopped ✅"
+            log "$ICON_DONE $container stopped in $(format_duration $(( $(date +%s) - c_start ))) ✅"
             STOPPED+=("$container")
             success=true
             break
diff --git a/Docker_Essentials/docker_daily_restart.sh b/Docker_Essentials/docker_daily_restart.sh
index ba1c9bf..8fb8ce7 100755
--- a/Docker_Essentials/docker_daily_restart.sh
+++ b/Docker_Essentials/docker_daily_restart.sh
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ build_restart_order() {
         fi
     done
 
-    log "Restart order: ${ORDERED_RESTART[*]}"
 }
 
 # Checks if a container is a dependent of the previously restarted container.
@@ -277,8 +276,9 @@ retry_docker() {
 echo ""
 echo "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS Daily Restart — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ━━━"
 echo "$ICON_HOST $MY_ID ($LOCAL_SERVER_NAME) — ${#DAILY_RESTART_CONTAINERS[@]} container(s)"
-log "$ICON_CONTAINERS Containers: ${DAILY_RESTART_CONTAINERS[*]}"
-log "$ICON_RETRY      Retries:    $RETRY_COUNT"
+log "$ICON_CONTAINERS Containers:    ${DAILY_RESTART_CONTAINERS[*]}"
+log "$ICON_RETRY      Retries:       $RETRY_COUNT"
+log "$ICON_GEAR       Config:        sleep=${SLEEP}s delay=${CONTAINER_DELAY}s verify-wait=${RESTART_VERIFY_WAIT}s cmd-timeout=${DOCKER_TIMEOUT}s"
 
 START=$(date +%s)
 FAILED=()
@@ -293,7 +293,11 @@ LAST_RESTARTED=""
 
 for container in "${ORDERED_RESTART[@]}"; do
     [[ -z "$container" ]] && continue
-    log "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS $container ━━━"
+    local c_start
+    c_start=$(date +%s)
+    local c_image
+    c_image=$(docker inspect --format '{{.Config.Image}}' "$container" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+    log "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS $container ($c_image) ━━━"
 
     if ! timeout "$DOCKER_TIMEOUT" docker inspect "$container" &>/dev/null; then
         warn "$container does not exist — skipping"
@@ -316,7 +320,7 @@ for container in "${ORDERED_RESTART[@]}"; do
                 if retry_docker docker restart "$container"; then
                     # Verify container stayed running after restart
                     if verify_running "$container"; then
-                        log "$ICON_STARTED $container restarted and running ✅"
+                        log "$ICON_STARTED $container restarted and running in $(format_duration $(( $(date +%s) - c_start ))) ✅"
                         RESTARTED+=("$container")
                         LAST_RESTARTED="$container"
                     else
diff --git a/Docker_Essentials/docker_network_connect.sh b/Docker_Essentials/docker_network_connect.sh
index 0e27bb6..5cece59 100755
--- a/Docker_Essentials/docker_network_connect.sh
+++ b/Docker_Essentials/docker_network_connect.sh
@@ -209,7 +209,12 @@ for network in "${NETWORK_CONNECT_NETWORKS[@]}"; do
 
     # ── Step 1 — ensure network exists ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     if timeout "$DOCKER_TIMEOUT" docker network inspect "$network" &>/dev/null; then
-        log "$network exists ✅"
+        local net_subnet net_driver
+        net_subnet=$(timeout "$DOCKER_TIMEOUT" docker network inspect "$network" \
+            --format '{{range .IPAM.Config}}{{.Subnet}}{{end}}' 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+        net_driver=$(timeout "$DOCKER_TIMEOUT" docker network inspect "$network" \
+            --format '{{.Driver}}' 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+        log "$ICON_DOCKER_NET $network exists ✅ — driver: $net_driver subnet: $net_subnet"
     else
         warn "$ICON_DOCKER_NET $network not found — creating (unRAID update may have wiped networks)"
         if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
@@ -279,7 +284,7 @@ echo "$ICON_HOST       Identity:  $MY_ID ($LOCAL_SERVER_NAME)"
 echo "$ICON_TIME       Duration:  $(format_duration $((END - START)))"
 [[ ${#NETWORKS_CREATED[@]} -gt 0 ]] && warn "$ICON_DOCKER_NET Created:   ${NETWORKS_CREATED[*]} (networks were missing)"
 [[ ${#CONNECTED[@]} -gt 0 ]]        && log "Connected: ${CONNECTED[*]}"
-[[ ${#SKIPPED[@]} -gt 0 ]]          && log "Already connected: ${#SKIPPED[@]} skipped"
+[[ ${#SKIPPED[@]} -gt 0 ]]          && log "Already connected: ${SKIPPED[*]}"
 [[ ${#FAILED[@]} -gt 0 ]]           && echo "$ICON_ERROR      Failed:    ${FAILED[*]}"
 
 if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
diff --git a/Docker_Essentials/docker_update.sh b/Docker_Essentials/docker_update.sh
index 0fb8647..e2f4073 100755
--- a/Docker_Essentials/docker_update.sh
+++ b/Docker_Essentials/docker_update.sh
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ echo ""
 if [[ "$REMAINDER_MODE" == true ]]; then
     echo "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS Docker Update (remainder) — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ━━━"
     echo "$ICON_CONTAINERS Updating ${#TARGET_CONTAINERS[@]} container(s) (not in daily or weekly sync)"
+    log "$ICON_CONTAINERS Remainder targets: ${TARGET_CONTAINERS[*]}"
 else
     echo "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS Docker Update — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ━━━"
     log "$ICON_CONTAINERS Containers: ${TARGET_CONTAINERS[*]}"
@@ -298,10 +299,10 @@ for container in "${TARGET_CONTAINERS[@]}"; do
 
     if [[ $_pull_rc -eq 0 ]]; then
         if [[ -n "$OLD_ID" ]] && [[ "$OLD_ID" != "$NEW_ID" ]]; then
-            log "$ICON_DONE  $container — updated ✅"
+            log "$ICON_DONE  $container — updated ✅ (${OLD_ID:7:12} → ${NEW_ID:7:12})"
             UPDATED+=("$container")
         else
-            log "$container — already up to date"
+            log "$container — already up to date (${NEW_ID:7:12})"
             UP_TO_DATE+=("$container")
         fi
     else
@@ -367,8 +368,8 @@ if [[ ${#UPDATED[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
 fi
 [[ ${#REBUILT[@]} -gt 0 ]]       && echo "$ICON_SYNC       Rebuilt:     ${#REBUILT[@]}"
 [[ ${#REBUILD_FAILED[@]} -gt 0 ]] && echo "$ICON_ERROR      Rebuild fail:${REBUILD_FAILED[*]}"
-[[ ${#UP_TO_DATE[@]} -gt 0 ]]    && log "$ICON_RUNNING    Up to date:  ${#UP_TO_DATE[@]}"
-[[ ${#SKIPPED[@]} -gt 0 ]]       && log "$ICON_WARN       Skipped:     ${#SKIPPED[@]}"
+[[ ${#UP_TO_DATE[@]} -gt 0 ]]    && log "$ICON_RUNNING    Up to date:  ${UP_TO_DATE[*]}"
+[[ ${#SKIPPED[@]} -gt 0 ]]       && log "$ICON_WARN       Skipped:     ${SKIPPED[*]}"
 [[ ${#FAILED[@]} -gt 0 ]]        && echo "$ICON_ERROR      Failed:      ${FAILED[*]}"
 echo "$ICON_SYNC       Pruned:      ${PRUNED_SUMMARY:-none}"
 
diff --git a/Docker_Essentials/docker_update_remaining.sh b/Docker_Essentials/docker_update_remaining.sh
index eaf4af2..80bf32d 100755
--- a/Docker_Essentials/docker_update_remaining.sh
+++ b/Docker_Essentials/docker_update_remaining.sh
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ for container in "${REMAINING[@]}"; do
 
     if [[ $_pull_rc -eq 0 ]]; then
         if [[ -n "$OLD_ID" ]] && [[ "$OLD_ID" != "$NEW_ID" ]]; then
-            log "$ICON_DONE  $container — updated ✅"
+            log "$ICON_DONE  $container — updated ✅ (${OLD_ID:7:12} → ${NEW_ID:7:12})"
             UPDATED+=("$container")
         else
-            log "$container — already up to date"
+            log "$container — already up to date (${NEW_ID:7:12})"
             UP_TO_DATE+=("$container")
         fi
     else
@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ if [[ ${#UPDATED[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
     echo "$ICON_DONE       New image:   ${#UPDATED[@]}"
     log "  ${UPDATED[*]}"
 fi
-[[ ${#UP_TO_DATE[@]} -gt 0 ]]    && log "$ICON_RUNNING    Up to date:  ${#UP_TO_DATE[@]}"
+[[ ${#UP_TO_DATE[@]} -gt 0 ]]    && log "$ICON_RUNNING    Up to date:  ${UP_TO_DATE[*]}"
 [[ ${#FAILED[@]} -gt 0 ]]        && echo "$ICON_ERROR      Pull failed: ${FAILED[*]}"
 if [[ ${#RESTARTED[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
     echo "$ICON_DONE       Restarted:   ${#RESTARTED[@]}"
     log "  ${RESTARTED[*]}"
 fi
-[[ ${#SKIPPED_STOPPED[@]} -gt 0 ]] && log "$ICON_WARN     Not running: ${#SKIPPED_STOPPED[@]} (skipped restart)"
+[[ ${#SKIPPED_STOPPED[@]} -gt 0 ]] && log "$ICON_WARN     Not running: ${SKIPPED_STOPPED[*]} (skipped restart)"
 [[ ${#RESTART_FAILED[@]} -gt 0 ]] && echo "$ICON_ERROR     Restart fail:${RESTART_FAILED[*]}"
 echo "$ICON_SYNC       Pruned:      ${PRUNED_SUMMARY:-none}"
 
diff --git a/Docker_Essentials/docker_weekly_restart.sh b/Docker_Essentials/docker_weekly_restart.sh
index 4666d89..57ff33c 100755
--- a/Docker_Essentials/docker_weekly_restart.sh
+++ b/Docker_Essentials/docker_weekly_restart.sh
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ echo ""
 echo "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS Weekly Restart — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ━━━"
 log "$ICON_CONTAINERS Containers: ${WEEKLY_RESTART_CONTAINERS[*]}"
 log "$ICON_RETRY      Retries:    $RETRY_COUNT"
+log "$ICON_GEAR       Config:     sleep=${SLEEP}s delay=${CONTAINER_DELAY}s verify-wait=${RESTART_VERIFY_WAIT}s cmd-timeout=${DOCKER_TIMEOUT}s"
 
 START=$(date +%s)
 FAILED=()
@@ -259,7 +260,11 @@ LAST_RESTARTED=""
 
 for container in "${ORDERED_RESTART[@]}"; do
     [[ -z "$container" ]] && continue
-    log "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS $container ━━━"
+    local c_start
+    c_start=$(date +%s)
+    local c_image
+    c_image=$(docker inspect --format '{{.Config.Image}}' "$container" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+    log "━━━ $ICON_CONTAINERS $container ($c_image) ━━━"
 
     if ! timeout "$DOCKER_TIMEOUT" docker inspect "$container" &>/dev/null; then
         warn "$container does not exist — skipping"
@@ -281,7 +286,7 @@ for container in "${ORDERED_RESTART[@]}"; do
             else
                 if retry_docker docker restart "$container"; then
                     if verify_running "$container"; then
-                        log "$ICON_STARTED $container restarted and running ✅"
+                        log "$ICON_STARTED $container restarted and running in $(format_duration $(( $(date +%s) - c_start ))) ✅"
                         RESTARTED+=("$container")
                         LAST_RESTARTED="$container"
                     else
@@ -319,9 +324,9 @@ echo "$ICON_HOST         Identity:  $MY_ID ($LOCAL_SERVER_NAME)"
 echo "$ICON_TIME         Duration:  $(format_duration $((END - START)))"
 if [[ ${#RESTARTED[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
     echo "$ICON_STARTED      Restarted: ${#RESTARTED[@]}"
-    log "  ${RESTARTED[*]}"
+    log "               Names:     ${RESTARTED[*]}"
 fi
-[[ ${#SKIPPED[@]} -gt 0 ]]   && log "$ICON_NOT_RUNNING  Skipped:   ${#SKIPPED[@]} (were stopped)"
+[[ ${#SKIPPED[@]} -gt 0 ]]   && log "$ICON_NOT_RUNNING  Skipped:   ${SKIPPED[*]} (were stopped)"
 [[ ${#FAILED[@]} -gt 0 ]]    && echo "$ICON_ERROR        Failed:    ${FAILED[*]}"
 
 if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
diff --git a/Docker_Essentials/downloaders_reset.sh b/Docker_Essentials/downloaders_reset.sh
index af18902..8146eaf 100755
--- a/Docker_Essentials/downloaders_reset.sh
+++ b/Docker_Essentials/downloaders_reset.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ CUTOFF=$(( $(date +%s) - (DOWNLOADER_RETENTION_DAYS * 86400) ))
 TOTAL_PASS=0
 TOTAL_FAIL=0
 
+log "$ICON_GEAR Config: retention=${DOWNLOADER_RETENTION_DAYS}d qbit-age=${QBIT_FAILSAFE_MIN_DAYS}d qbit-ratio=${QBIT_FAILSAFE_MIN_RATIO}"
+
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Status ━━━
 # ==============================================================================================
@@ -304,6 +306,8 @@ if [[ -n "$SLSKD_URL" ]] && [[ -n "$SLSKD_API_KEY" ]] && [[ "$SLSKD_CONNECTED" =
         if [[ -z "$USERNAMES" ]]; then
             success "No transfer records found ✅"
         else
+            USER_COUNT=$(echo "$USERNAMES" | grep -c . 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+            log "Found $USER_COUNT user(s) with transfer records"
             SUCCESS=0; SKIPPED=0; FAIL=0
             while IFS= read -r USER; do
                 [[ -z "$USER" ]] && continue
@@ -422,6 +426,8 @@ if [[ -n "$SABNZBD_URL" ]] && [[ -n "$SABNZBD_API_KEY" ]]; then
         if [[ -z "$COMPLETED_IDS" ]]; then
             success "No completed history found ✅"
         else
+            HIST_TOTAL=$(echo "$COMPLETED_IDS" | grep -c . 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+            log "Found $HIST_TOTAL completed history entries"
             DELETED=0; SKIPPED=0
             while IFS= read -r NZO_ID; do
                 [[ -z "$NZO_ID" ]] && continue
@@ -468,6 +474,8 @@ if [[ -n "$SABNZBD_URL" ]] && [[ -n "$SABNZBD_API_KEY" ]]; then
         if [[ -z "$FAILED_IDS" ]]; then
             success "No failed history found ✅"
         else
+            FAILED_TOTAL=$(echo "$FAILED_IDS" | grep -c . 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+            log "Found $FAILED_TOTAL failed history entries"
             DELETED=0; SKIPPED=0
             while IFS= read -r NZO_ID; do
                 [[ -z "$NZO_ID" ]] && continue
@@ -516,6 +524,8 @@ if [[ -n "$SABNZBD_URL" ]] && [[ -n "$SABNZBD_API_KEY" ]]; then
         if [[ -z "$STALLED_IDS" ]]; then
             success "No stalled queue items found ✅"
         else
+            QUEUE_TOTAL=$(echo "$STALLED_IDS" | grep -c . 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+            log "Found $QUEUE_TOTAL queue item(s) — checking status"
             DELETED=0; SKIPPED=0
             while IFS= read -r NZO_ID; do
                 [[ -z "$NZO_ID" ]] && continue
@@ -575,6 +585,8 @@ if [[ -n "$QBIT_URL" ]] && [[ -n "$QBIT_USERNAME" ]]; then
             -H "Cookie: $QBIT_COOKIE" 2>/dev/null)
 
         NOW=$(date +%s)
+        TORRENT_TOTAL=$(echo "$TORRENTS" | tr '}' '\n' | grep -c '"hash"' 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+        log "Found $TORRENT_TOTAL torrent(s) — applying age/ratio filter"
         DELETED=0; SKIPPED=0
 
         while read -r TORRENT; do
diff --git a/Orchestrators/critical_sync_maintenance.sh b/Orchestrators/critical_sync_maintenance.sh
index 06a86e3..af2b4be 100755
--- a/Orchestrators/critical_sync_maintenance.sh
+++ b/Orchestrators/critical_sync_maintenance.sh
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ RSYNC_OK=false
 PASS=()
 FAIL=()
 
+log "$ICON_SYNC Critical shares (${#CRITICAL_SYNC_SHARES[@]}): $(for s in "${CRITICAL_SYNC_SHARES[@]}"; do printf '%s ' "$(basename "${s%%|*}")"; done)"
+[[ ${#CRITICAL_MAINTENANCE_SCRIPTS[@]} -gt 0 ]] && \
+    log "$ICON_GEAR Maintenance scripts: $(for s in "${CRITICAL_MAINTENANCE_SCRIPTS[@]}"; do printf '%s ' "$(basename "${s%% *}")"; done)"
+
 if ! check_rsync_enabled "CRITICAL"; then
     echo "Critical rsync disabled — skipping sync, running partnership check only"
 elif [[ ${#CRITICAL_SYNC_SHARES[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
diff --git a/Orchestrators/sunday_morning_coffee_report.sh b/Orchestrators/sunday_morning_coffee_report.sh
index 42e9469..5a3d6a5 100755
--- a/Orchestrators/sunday_morning_coffee_report.sh
+++ b/Orchestrators/sunday_morning_coffee_report.sh
@@ -87,11 +87,21 @@ fi
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Main ━━━
 # ==============================================================================================
+_unraid_ver=$(grep -oP '(?<=version=")[^"]+' /etc/unraid-version 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+_uptime_s=$(awk '{print int($1)}' /proc/uptime 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+_container_count=$(docker ps -q 2>/dev/null | wc -l || echo 0)
+_rootfs_pct=$(df / --output=pcent 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | tr -d ' %')
+
 echo ""
 echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
 echo "☕  Sunday Morning Coffee Report — $MY_ID"
 [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && echo "    [DRY RUN]"
 echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+log "$ICON_HOST Server:     $MY_ID ($LOCAL_SERVER_NAME) — unRAID $_unraid_ver"
+log "$ICON_TIME Uptime:     $(format_duration $_uptime_s)"
+log "$ICON_CONTAINERS Docker: $_container_count container(s) running"
+log "$ICON_HEALTH Rootfs:   ${_rootfs_pct:-?}% used"
+log "$ICON_GEAR Scripts:    ${#COFFEE_REPORT_SCRIPTS[@]} configured"
 
 if [[ ${#COFFEE_REPORT_SCRIPTS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
     warn "No scripts configured — add entries to COFFEE_REPORT_SCRIPTS in master.conf"
diff --git a/Orchestrators/transcode_management.sh b/Orchestrators/transcode_management.sh
index 1804228..cc3094a 100755
--- a/Orchestrators/transcode_management.sh
+++ b/Orchestrators/transcode_management.sh
@@ -137,22 +137,40 @@ if [[ ! -f "$MANAGER_SCRIPT" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# ==============================================================================================
+# ━━━ Pre-run State Snapshot ━━━
+# ==============================================================================================
+if mountpoint -q "${RAMDISK_PATH:-}" 2>/dev/null; then
+    _rd_used=$(df "$RAMDISK_PATH" --output=used  2>/dev/null | tail -1 | tr -d ' ')
+    _rd_avail=$(df "$RAMDISK_PATH" --output=avail 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | tr -d ' ')
+    _rd_used_gb=$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.2f\", ${_rd_used:-0}/1048576}")
+    _rd_avail_gb=$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.2f\", ${_rd_avail:-0}/1048576}")
+    _rd_target=$(readlink "${TRANSCODE_LINK:-}" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+    log "$ICON_RAM Ramdisk: ${_rd_used_gb}GB used / ${_rd_avail_gb}GB avail — symlink → ${_rd_target##*/}"
+else
+    log "$ICON_RAM Ramdisk: not mounted"
+fi
+
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Run Cleanup ━━━
 # ==============================================================================================
 DRY_FLAG=""
 [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && DRY_FLAG="--dry-run"
 
+_cleanup_start=$(date +%s)
 bash "$CLEANUP_SCRIPT" $DRY_FLAG
 CLEANUP_EXIT=$?
+log "cleanup: $(format_duration $(( $(date +%s) - _cleanup_start ))) (exit $CLEANUP_EXIT)"
 
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Run Manager ━━━
 # ==============================================================================================
 # transcode_manager.sh writes to TRANSCODE_DAILY_LOG after each run
 # No --no-log flag here — manager owns the log write for this cycle ✅
+_manager_start=$(date +%s)
 bash "$MANAGER_SCRIPT" $DRY_FLAG
 MANAGER_EXIT=$?
+log "manager: $(format_duration $(( $(date +%s) - _manager_start ))) (exit $MANAGER_EXIT)"
 
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Exit ━━━
diff --git a/Orchestrators/watchdog_orchestrator.sh b/Orchestrators/watchdog_orchestrator.sh
index b9f4bbc..61aad5c 100755
--- a/Orchestrators/watchdog_orchestrator.sh
+++ b/Orchestrators/watchdog_orchestrator.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ acquire_lock
 
 detect_hosts
 
+log "$ICON_GEAR Config: grace=${WATCHDOG_STARTUP_GRACE}s heartbeat=${WATCHDOG_ORCHESTRATOR_HEARTBEAT:-true}/${WATCHDOG_ORCHESTRATOR_HEARTBEAT_HOURS:-1}hr scripts=${#WATCHDOG_ORCHESTRATOR_SCRIPTS[@]}"
+log "$ICON_WATCHDOG Order: $(for s in "${WATCHDOG_ORCHESTRATOR_SCRIPTS[@]}"; do printf '%s ' "${s##*/}"; done)"
+
 [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && warn "DRY RUN — passing --dry-run to all sub-scripts"
 
 # Derive a display name from a script path: "resource_watchdog.sh" → "Resource Watchdog"
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ if ! df --output=fstype /mnt/user 2>/dev/null | grep -q shfs; then
     echo "Array not started — skipping watchdog cycle"
     exit 0
 fi
+log "$ICON_DISK Array: /mnt/user mounted (shfs) ✅"
 
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Startup Grace ━━━
@@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ if [[ "$UPTIME_SECONDS" -lt "$WATCHDOG_STARTUP_GRACE" ]]; then
     echo "Startup grace — $(format_duration $UPTIME_SECONDS) / $(format_duration $WATCHDOG_STARTUP_GRACE) — skipping cycle"
     exit 0
 fi
+log "Startup grace: past — uptime $(format_duration $UPTIME_SECONDS)"
 
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Run Watchdog Cycle ━━━
@@ -154,12 +159,15 @@ run_watchdog() {
     [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && extra_args+=("--dry-run")
     [[ "$VERBOSE" == true ]] && extra_args+=("--log")
 
+    local _ws
+    _ws=$(date +%s)
     log "$ICON_START $name"
     if bash "$script" "${extra_args[@]}"; then
+        log "$ICON_DONE $name — done in $(format_duration $(( $(date +%s) - _ws )))"
         PASS+=("$name")
         return 0
     else
-        error "$name — non-zero exit"
+        error "$name — non-zero exit ($(format_duration $(( $(date +%s) - _ws ))))"
         FAIL+=("$name")
         return 1
     fi
diff --git a/Transcodes/transcode_cleanup.sh b/Transcodes/transcode_cleanup.sh
index d50339c..431a754 100755
--- a/Transcodes/transcode_cleanup.sh
+++ b/Transcodes/transcode_cleanup.sh
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ else
 fi
 
 log "Identity:  $MY_ID ($LOCAL_SERVER_NAME)"
-log "Max age:   ${TRANSCODE_MAX_AGE} minutes"
+log "$ICON_GEAR Config:    max-age=${TRANSCODE_MAX_AGE}min orphan-age=${TRANSCODE_ORPHAN_AGE}min flip-back-below=${RAMDISK_LOW_GB}GB"
+log "$ICON_RAM  Locations: ramdisk=$RAMDISK_PATH  ssd=$TRANSCODE_SSD"
 
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Status ━━━
diff --git a/Transcodes/transcode_manager.sh b/Transcodes/transcode_manager.sh
index cf6e026..aa6f9f2 100755
--- a/Transcodes/transcode_manager.sh
+++ b/Transcodes/transcode_manager.sh
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ case "$TRANSCODE_MANAGER_MODE" in
         ;;
 esac
 
+log "$ICON_GEAR Config: ramdisk=$RAMDISK_PATH size=$RAMDISK_SIZE warn-at=${RAMDISK_WARN_GB}GB flip-back-at=${RAMDISK_LOW_GB}GB ssd-min-free=${RAMDISK_SSD_MIN_GB}GB flip-warn=${TRANSCODE_FLIP_WARN}/hr"
+log "$ICON_DISK SSD:    $TRANSCODE_SSD"
+
 [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && warn "DRY RUN — no changes will be made"
 
 # ==============================================================================================
diff --git a/unRAID_Essentials/clear_logs.sh b/unRAID_Essentials/clear_logs.sh
index 576252b..d53d4c3 100755
--- a/unRAID_Essentials/clear_logs.sh
+++ b/unRAID_Essentials/clear_logs.sh
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ fi
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Clear Logs ━━━
 # ==============================================================================================
+log "$ICON_GEAR Config: system-threshold=${LOG_MIN_SIZE_MB:-10}MB docker-threshold=${LOG_DOCKER_MAX_MB:-100}MB"
+log "$ICON_GEAR System logs: ${LOG_FILES[*]}"
+
 START=$(date +%s)
 SYS_CLEARED=0
 SYS_SKIPPED=0
diff --git a/unRAID_Essentials/mover_stop.sh b/unRAID_Essentials/mover_stop.sh
index 6a454c1..c10a18b 100755
--- a/unRAID_Essentials/mover_stop.sh
+++ b/unRAID_Essentials/mover_stop.sh
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ if ! pgrep -f "emhttp.*Mover" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 fi
 
 MOVER_PID=$(pgrep -f "emhttp.*Mover" | head -1)
+MOVER_START=$(ps -o lstart= -p "$MOVER_PID" 2>/dev/null | xargs)
+MOVER_ELAPSED=$(ps -o etimes= -p "$MOVER_PID" 2>/dev/null | tr -d ' ')
 warn "Mover is running (PID $MOVER_PID) — stopping in ${MOVER_STOP_TIMEOUT}s"
+log "$ICON_TIME Mover started: ${MOVER_START:-unknown} — running for $(format_duration "${MOVER_ELAPSED:-0}")"
 
 # ── Warn users via wall ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == false ]]; then
diff --git a/unRAID_Essentials/php_fpm_max_children.sh b/unRAID_Essentials/php_fpm_max_children.sh
index f349c27..c30507c 100755
--- a/unRAID_Essentials/php_fpm_max_children.sh
+++ b/unRAID_Essentials/php_fpm_max_children.sh
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ else
     log "Verified: pm.max_children = $APPLIED_VAL ✅"
 fi
 
+FPM_WORKERS=$(pgrep -fc "php-fpm" 2>/dev/null || echo "?")
+log "$ICON_PHP Workers running: $FPM_WORKERS"
+
 END=$(date +%s)
 
 # ==============================================================================================
diff --git a/unRAID_Essentials/server_reboot.sh b/unRAID_Essentials/server_reboot.sh
index 4e5339f..a6c9e92 100755
--- a/unRAID_Essentials/server_reboot.sh
+++ b/unRAID_Essentials/server_reboot.sh
@@ -194,6 +194,14 @@ if [[ -n "${EMBY_URL:-}" ]] && [[ -n "${EMBY_API_KEY:-}" ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+CONTAINER_COUNT=$(docker ps -q 2>/dev/null | wc -l || echo 0)
+log "$ICON_CONTAINERS Docker: ${CONTAINER_COUNT} container(s) running"
+
+if is_vm_manager_enabled && command -v virsh >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    VM_COUNT=$(virsh list --name 2>/dev/null | grep -c "." || echo 0)
+    log "$ICON_GEAR VMs: ${VM_COUNT} running"
+fi
+
 if [[ ${#WARNINGS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
     log "Pre-flight clean — no active processes to warn about"
 else
diff --git a/unRAID_Essentials/unraid_api_key_renew.sh b/unRAID_Essentials/unraid_api_key_renew.sh
index a08ab4c..4270a6a 100755
--- a/unRAID_Essentials/unraid_api_key_renew.sh
+++ b/unRAID_Essentials/unraid_api_key_renew.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ detect_hosts
 CONF_FILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/../Configurations/${MY_ID,,}.conf"
 VAR_NAME="${MY_ID}_UNRAID_API_KEY"
 
+log "$ICON_GEAR Conf file: $CONF_FILE"
+log "$ICON_GEAR Key var:   $VAR_NAME"
+
 if [[ ! -f "$CONF_FILE" ]]; then
     error "Conf file not found: $CONF_FILE"
     exit 1
@@ -54,15 +57,19 @@ fi
 # Check if key already exists in the unraid-api registry before creating.
 # --overwrite generates a new key value every time, invalidating the old one.
 # Only renew if the registry has lost it.
+log "Checking unraid-api registry for existing Varaverk key..."
 EXISTING=$(timeout 5 /usr/local/sbin/unraid-api apikey --name "Varaverk" --json </dev/null 2>/dev/null)
 KEY=$(echo "$EXISTING" | jq -r '.key // empty' 2>/dev/null)
 
 if [[ -n "$KEY" ]]; then
     PREVIEW="${KEY:0:8}...${KEY: -4}"
     echo "API key valid ✅ — $VAR_NAME = $PREVIEW"
+    log "Key found in registry — no renewal needed"
     exit 0
 fi
 
+log "Key not found in registry — creating new key..."
+
 RAW=$(timeout 10 /usr/local/sbin/unraid-api apikey \
     --name "Varaverk" --create --overwrite \
     --description "Varaverk plugin" --roles ADMIN --json </dev/null 2>&1)
@@ -87,4 +94,5 @@ else
 fi
 
 PREVIEW="${KEY:0:8}...${KEY: -4}"
+log "Writing new key to: $CONF_FILE"
 warn "API key renewed ✅ — $VAR_NAME = $PREVIEW  (registry had lost it)"